The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-07-13

here, has made his own way as a farmer in
Nebraska and would be called rich here.
They live at Kearney, Neb. 80 Judge
Austin Young and wife (aee Miss Lenora
MARTINI of Minneapolis, Mimi, arrived
here Saturday last. They are welcome
guests. - j. q. Fifeld and family of
North Adams, Mass, are expected this week
as guests of Daniel ID. Royce's family.
60 Bert Royce is about to take vaca-
ton at home here. He is living in North
Adams, Mass. 60 The wife of Rev.
Henry Wilson of Illinois and Mrs. George
Clark of Somerville, Mass, daughters Of
j. NJ. Bass, we hear are to spend some part
of the summer at the old home here. 80
Principal Daniel II. Martin of Pullman,
ILL.,, will come here after the meeting
of the National Teachers Association in
Chicago, Ill. Miss Belle Martin,
the summer at the White Mountains.
80 Miss Sarah Adams is with her
sister, Mrs. Bingham Seaver, in Buring-
ton. 80 Professor Tracy l.. Jeffords
of Buchtel College, Akron, Ohio, will pass
his summer vacation in Akron. -=
Henry Poole is about to improve his pleas
ant home by the addition of barn to the
place. -" Bert " Demeritt, who has
been in the wholesale boot and shoe house
of Childs, Smith & Co., Worcester, Mass,
for year and a half past, has just gone on
to the road for the firm. He will travel in
We cordially commend him to the business
public as worthy young man. - A
banker recently told us that Vermont town
bonds are not readily taken by capitalists
in Boston. 1t was matter of surprise to u.s.
as we find it is to others. The reason given
for this is that &C. the rulings of our courts
are not liked" We believe the state would
like full airing of this subject. If the above
statement be true, let the reasons for it be
known. We may Tor may not be glad then
that it is So 80 Miss Minnie Perrin re-
turned last Saturday from a weeks visit in
Winooski. - " Bert" Bailey, son of
Joshua f. Bailey, is canvassing for the sale of
fruit-trees for Chase of Augusta, Maine
80 Rev. Alvaro Webster is doing minis
terial and Sunday-school work on Sundays at
the large boarding-house of Truman Town,
in the quarry district in southeast Barre.
He seems to have reason for great encour-
agement in the work, which deserves the
hearty sympathy and help of all who can
lend aid to it. 60 The reunion of the j.
Wright Briggs family at Rochester, n Y,
week before last, was pheasant affair. Mr..
Briggs six sons (his whole family were
present. Though very feeble himself, Mr..
Briggs is able to be out-of-doors some this
summer. - Friends of DIR. j. G.. Briggs
are interested in knowing his decision with
reference to leaving Barre and going to
| Somervile, Mass. The doctor seems as yet
| to think there is wisdom in holding to " the
! seem to have two or more in it. - George
! Sibley has been taking a weeks vacation
| from j. X. Lyndes store at his home in
Winooski. - Robinson Templeton re-
| turned last week from a second trip to
| Washington, ID. c., for examination for a
| pension department office. Mrs. DR..
| G.. w. McClearn was in town few days
| last week. She seems to be gaining in
health. - j. NJ. Bass last week met
with what might have proved very serious
accident. He was loading hay in the field
and fell backward from the wagon on to the
ground, striking on his head and shoulders
DIR. McClearn was called and his suffering,
We're much relieved. He was out in a few
days. - Ex-townsman Philo L. Walker
of Danville has just buried his only child
Mrs. George Eaton of Troy, n. Y. She died
of heart disease, last Friday, and her body
was brought home for burial. - Arthur
Ralph has hired the DIR. McClearn house
He took possession on Monday last. -
Mr. Jacob Smith, now of Massachusetts
was in town on Saturday with his daughters
Mrs. Chandler of Berlin and Mrs. Thurstor
of Montpelier. - The extremely warn
weather continued through last week, occa
sional showers having failed to mitigate i
to any extent. - Daniel ID. Royce is ye
the victim of rheumatism. In the last 81,
weeks a days work and nights rest hav,
been rare with him. - Miss Sarah Cum
mings of STAFFORD resumed work in the vii
lage school on Monday. She is believed t.
be doing some of the very best work il
teaching that has been done here in lons
time Will she not consent to teach selec
school here in the fall? - A farmer il
Barre tells us that he has six and one-hal
acres of land, including that on which hi
buildings stand. He keeps two horses an,
two cows, having had to buy half IA ton o
hay and twenty-five bushels of oats in add
ton to hiring his cows pastured in the sum
mer. He has an orchard and hennery
- Miss Annie Pitts, in the employ o
Ebert Jackson, recently fell down stairs
hurting herself badly enough to call TO
medical aid. - Mrs. Liberty Jefford
was called to Barre on Monday by the sick
ness of her daughter Mrs. George c. Earle
Typhoid fever is feared.